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Driving Miss Daisy

1989 · directed by Bruce Beresford · 99 min
25,312 feet · Prominence
404th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw68

Lifetime worldwide gross $146m, re-releases included; about $388m in 2026 money.

Rank863 of 11,051In 198913 of 156

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise91

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics83 baseAwards97 signal → +8 lift

Oscars4 won Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling5 nominated Actor, Supporting Actor, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing
Golden Globes2 won Best Picture, Lead acting
BAFTAs1 won Actress3 nominated Best Picture, Directing, Screenplay
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Driving Miss Daisy reviewed.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.3 from 123kWikipedia26k views a monthAge37 years

Scored beside it · 608 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 68 praise 91 legacy 58averages 72, placing it at25,312 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jessica Tandy20,460 ftMorgan Freeman20,460 ftDan Aykroyd19,318 ftPatti LuPone17,858 ft